Chapter 961
Birthday Banquet
After Lu Yang left.
Xu Siqi quietly poked her head out from under the covers, looked at the tightly closed door, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Subconsciously stroking her face, she said, "Mom is right. Sure enough, men need to be coaxed. If you take good care of him, everything will be easier to talk to. Now that he has softened his stance and no longer objects to me staying in the country with my daughter, will he come to visit me whenever he has time, just like before? Oh, and our daughter too."
As she spoke, she was overcome with joy and tears welled up in her eyes.
She wiped the tears from her cheeks, turned around, put her two long, straight legs over the edge of the bed, stepped out of bed barefoot, squatted down, and pulled open the drawer of the bedside table.
I see,
Inside, a small red book lay quietly.
She picked it up, opened it, and sure enough, it was the property certificate for this house.
That's what he promised her during their intimate moment.
Xu Siqi happily patted the little red book on her palm.
"Now we don't need to buy any more property."
"Once I have it, if I miss him or if he has time to come to Shanghai, I will bring my daughter Feifei and move here for a short stay."
"This will be our family's secret base from now on."
"I must keep the secret strictly."
"Well, I can't even tell Mom. She's too ambitious. Although I fooled her a little earlier and she temporarily gave up her unrealistic ideas, if she finds out that Lu Yang and I have made up and that I even gave her a big apartment in the city center, she'll probably cause trouble again."
Thinking of this mother.
Xu Siqi was quite troubled.
He muttered to himself while rubbing his temples and the area between his eyebrows.
"Ring ring, ring ring."
Speak of the devil, and he appears. No sooner had Lu Yang finished his business than Du Yuanyuan called her daughter.
"Mom, is something wrong?"
Xu Siqi answered the phone, speaking hesitantly into the receiver.
"What's wrong with you, girl? Why did it take you so long to answer your mother's call? Did you get everything sorted out? Has that guy forgiven you yet?"
Du Yuanyuan's urgent and somewhat exasperated voice came through the phone.
"He's still angry with me, but he's gotten a little better than before, and he didn't make me go back to Singapore immediately. I don't know what he'll do with me yet."
Xu Siqi spoke into the phone, sounding both aggrieved and helpless.
mom!
I have no choice but to keep it from you.
You need to know that once I've made up with him, I'll definitely start causing trouble again. I'm only doing this for your own good. If you make him angry, even if I really want to help you, he'll have a million ways to deal with you.
Also, Sifei Media was founded with his funding. If he tells me he doesn't want you to be in charge of Sifei Media anymore, then there's nothing I can do. In that case, I, his own daughter, will have no choice but to dismiss you from your position.
"What did you say? It's still not done? Didn't you go there just now? It's been almost two hours! In that long, doesn't he want to sleep with you? Or did you not try to coax him the way Mom taught you?"
Then, Du Yuanyuan launched into a furious barrage of questions on the phone.
I definitely tried to coax her.
And I did everything you said, Mom.
But I'm sorry, I can't tell you the truth.
Du Yuanyuan thought to herself, then immediately said into the phone, "Mom, you have no idea how angry he is this time. I swore to him in front of the heavens that I would never go near the mainland again and cause him any trouble."
I broke the contract first, so I can't blame him for being angry with me.
Okay, okay, Mom, I'll coax him gently. You need to be patient too, don't rush. What?
Going public?
Forget it, I'd better not bother him anymore. I'm afraid he'll think I'm a vain woman. Even if we really go public, I plan to rely on my own abilities.
Xu Siqi hung up the phone.
Lost in thought, I recalled what my mother had said on the phone earlier.
The company is going public.
Without a push from others, simply following the procedures would take at least another year or two to get all the hurdles in the IPO process cleared.
But, if that guy's help were available...
This timeframe can be shortened by at least a year, or even about six months, allowing me to personally lead the team to ring the listing bell.
To achieve upward mobility in wealth.
Moreover, as the chairman of a listed company, his status will be elevated significantly, making him a better match for Lu Yang.
"No."
"I can't rush things, because rushing makes it easy to make mistakes."
“My goal from beginning to end has only been to stay by his side. I have never thought about replacing anyone. I can’t keep following what my mother taught me. Sooner or later, I will cross that guy’s line.”
She lay face down on the sheets, inhaling the lingering warmth and scent of their recent pleasure, and became momentarily lost in reverie.
After half an hour.
Lu Yang returned to his temporary residence in Shanghai.
Inside the villa.
Yin Mingyue personally cooked, and with the help of the nannies, she quickly prepared a large table of delicious food. Now she was just waiting for Lu Yang to come back before they started eating.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Lu Yang took off his coat, stood up, and picked up his mischievous son, Lu Fan.
Place it on your lap.
She teased her son, saying, "Have you been listening to Mommy? Have you been naughty in this new place?"
Lu Fan was most afraid of his father, so he nodded obediently like a quail, "Yes, I'll be very obedient. You can ask Mom if you don't believe me."
He looked at his mother with his small eyes and asked, "Mom, right? Isn't Fanfan very obedient?"
She saw her precious son looking at her with pleading eyes.
Yin Mingyue suddenly found it amusing.
She hadn't seen such moments of parent-child bonding in a long time.
So he pretended to ignore his son's pleading look and said, "Really? I don't know. Fanfan, if you want to prove to Dad that you're obedient, then how about you don't have Auntie feed you tonight, and you eat by yourself, okay? You're a big boy now."
To prove that he is already a big friend.
Little Lu Fan nodded emphatically, "Yes, Mom, Fan Fan understands. I will prove to Dad that Fan Fan is a man now."
As he spoke, he even waved his little fist defiantly at Lu Yang, who was holding him.
This made Lu Yang burst into laughter.
I picked him up and put him on a chair next to me. "Okay, you can eat by yourself. Dad will give you a reward when you finish."
"What if your younger brother can't finish it?"
Suddenly, a clear female voice came from the side.
While picking at the rice in her bowl, Lu Xin'er secretly observed Lu Yang's expression after hearing what she had just said.
Lu Yang was actually taken aback for a moment.
Then he quickly added, "If you can't finish it, there will be no reward, and you'll get criticized."
Now it was the son, Lu Fan's, turn to pout.
Meanwhile, her daughter, Lu Xin'er, was overjoyed. The 10-year-old girl, who had just been listless, picking at her rice with chopsticks like grains of cooked rice, suddenly seemed to come alive and ate with great relish.
Who told that my brat wouldn't share half of his reward with me when Dad said he was going to give it to him? He even dared to raise an eyebrow at me, looking so smug! Well, he deserves to be punished for not finishing his food.
"Mom, my sister is bullying me."
Seeing that he couldn't get anything good from Lu Yang, Xiao Lu Fan looked down at the half-eaten bowl of rice in his bowl with a bit of grievance, got up from his chair, ran to Yin Mingyue's side, and hugged his mother's leg to complain.
Yin Mingyue pulled her son Lu Fan onto her lap and comforted him, "Good boy, Fanfan, your sister is doing this for your own good. Children should develop the habit of not wasting food and saving food from a young age. You'll understand later. Come and eat, Mom will watch you eat."
"Ah."
Little Lu Fan is very obedient in front of his mother.
Lu Yang just watched.
The more I look at them, the more heartwarming each scene seems.
"By the way, honey, your mom and your sister, they haven't given you any trouble, have they?"
Suddenly something came to mind.
Lu Yang asked.
"No, neither my mom nor my sister made things difficult for me. It's just that my sister said she wants to reconcile with you. She's currently preparing to list her media company on the A-share market, and I think she hopes you can help her out."
Yin Mingyue said.
Then, after hesitating for a moment, he said, "However..."
She looked into Lu Yang's eyes. "I didn't agree to her request, but I didn't reject her on the spot either. I just said I would pass this on to you. Also, she wants to reconcile and wants you to stop trying to destroy her career like before. I've already verbally agreed to that. You... you won't blame me, will you?"
Lu Yang grabbed her hand.
He held both of her little hands in his big hands.
With a gentle expression, she said, "What are you thinking about all day long with your little brain? How could I blame you?"
Didn't I say that?
Regarding the handling of my mother-in-law and your sister, I will follow your lead. You can decide what to do. Since you have already agreed to your sister's request, I will no longer target her business.
As for her asking me for help, that's not possible, and you didn't agree to it anyway, right? Let's leave it at that, what do you think?
If the eyes of two people are truly the windows to their soul, then at this moment, their hearts must be forever bound together.
Yin Mingyue wept with joy.
Then, she nodded emphatically, "Yes, I'll listen to you, husband."
Lu Yang pinched her cheek and said, "Anything else? We're here to celebrate your mother's birthday. If she asks to go back to Pengcheng and live with us, have you thought about how to refuse her?"
Yin Mingyue nodded, "Actually...actually...actually I've already refused my mom once, and she was quite angry at the time, but don't worry."
She mustered her courage, looked Lu Yang in the eyes, and said, "I will not agree to let her move into our house..."
Lu Yang held her small hands in his own.
I know she must be feeling very conflicted, maybe even a little sad.
After all, the person who hurt her was her mother.
"Alright, let's not talk about her past anymore."
Lu Yang comforted her, "By the way, my mom called earlier and said that my Uncle Meng has officially started the retirement process. Once the retirement papers are ready, they will fly directly to Shenzhen with Tian Tian. When that happens, you, as the daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, will have to take my family around Shenzhen properly. Don't worry about spending money. I'll leave you another card later, so you can use it as you please."
"No...really, no need..."
Yin Mingyue shook her head, looked into Lu Yang's eyes and said, "Over the years, you've had the company transfer all the rent we've received from our houses all over the country to me. I've actually saved a lot of money, more than I can spend. You don't need to give me another supplementary card. Don't you believe me? I'll go get my passbook and show it to you right now."
Lu Yang grabbed her and said, "I believe you, I definitely believe you. There's no need to look for it anymore. No matter what you say, I believe you."
The nearly 500 houses located across the country, some of which are even townhouses and detached villas, are of immeasurable value when all are added together. Moreover, even if we only consider the rental income of each house individually, it is not a small amount each year.
Lu Yang never cared how much savings his family had.
But he was still aware of that.
He saw his wife's insistence.
So he put away the card he was about to sell.
the next day.
After washing up, the family changed into formal attire and went to attend the old lady's birthday banquet.
Mingzhu Media is a very well-known film and television media company in China.
Especially in the south.
Especially in this city of Shanghai, it has risen very rapidly in recent years.
The chairman's mother celebrated a grand birthday.
Almost all the prominent figures in the business world of Shenzhen attended.
Many well-known movie stars and singers also came.
Lu Yang and Yin Mingyue attended the event hand in hand with their children.
This caused a sensation among those present.
I had long heard that the chairman of Pearl Media had a twin sister who married Mr. Lu, the elusive CEO of Century Group, a behemoth among domestic private enterprises.
This rumor has been circulating for a long time.
There's even another version circulating in the shadows: Mr. Lu's wife actually has a very strained relationship with the president of Mingzhu Media, Ms. Yin, so much so that over the years, Ms. Yin, the female president of Mingzhu Media, has never taken advantage of her brother-in-law's influence.
As a result, some people started kicking him when he was down.
I'm going to help Mrs. Lu vent her anger and put down her sister, with whom she has a grudge.
Over the years, Mingzhu Media has indeed suffered a lot of suppression from companies related to the Century Group.
The truth is finally about to come out.
No one expected that Ms. Yin, the female president of Mingzhu Media, was actually the twin sister of Mr. Lu's wife.
As for the rumored discord between the two?
Now, with President Lu and his wife attending the birthday banquet with their children, the argument has been disproven.
Did you see it?
Ms. Yin, the female president of Mingzhu Media, personally went up to greet them.
Yin Mingzhu certainly gave them a lot of face.
He not only personally came to the door to greet us.
She even squatted down, picked up her little nephew Lu Fan, and kissed the little guy twice on each cheek.
She then affectionately took Yin Mingyue's arm, and the two sisters, like peerless fairies descended from the moon palace, stepped onto the red carpet together and headed towards the hotel lobby.
"Sis, after today, no one in your company should give you any more trouble, right?"
Yin Mingyue said.
"Yes, I have to thank you for not slapping my hand away in front of everyone."
Yin Mingzhu said.
"I don't hate you that much, but isn't it a bit much that you're putting on such a show?"
Yin Mingyue whispered.
She worried that her sister was using her again, even trying to get her husband, Lu Yang, to vouch for her and help her take her company public. (End of Chapter)